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THOMAS B..HAN5F0RD" Arron/VHS V v UNITED ySTATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

Application filed June 2l, 1906. Serial No. 322,763.

To all w/zom, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, THoMAs B. HANsFonD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Maxeys, in the county of Oglethorpe and State of Georgia,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Blows, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is in the nature of a novel plow designed to receive any ofthe ordinary shapes of plow-blades and so constructed as to be easilyand quickly adjusted by the plowman to run dee or shallow withoutleaving his position be ind the handles.

It consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, which Iwill now proceed to describe with reference to the drawing, in which theigure is a perspective view of the plow, there being no cutting bladesor shares shown on the standard, but the latter being adapted to receiveany of the usual blades.

In the drawing, A represents the beam.

B is the standard.

O represents the handles.

D is a brace.

E is a cross-head pivoted at e to the rear end of the beam and havinglink-bars b t above and below the rear end of the beam which connect thesaid cross-head to the standard B at points above and below the beam.

F is the adjusting-lever, which is connected to and forms a rigidextension of the plowstandard B.

The beam A curves downwardly at the rear end to the bolt a, whichconnects it to the standard, and from this point the beam is extendedrearwardly in nearly horizontal position. The standard B is made of twobars connected together on opposite sides of the beam. The brace D isalso made of two bars bolted together and connected at their forwardends to the beam A and at their rear ends to the handles O and thencedown said handles to beam A. Between the two members of the brace D theadjusting-lever F passes up to a point within easy reach of the plowmanfrom his position behind the handles. This lever has a spring-bolt cadapted to enter notches d in the top edge of the brace to lix theposition of the lever and standard, and this spring-bolt has a pull-rod1" and elbow-handle h, by which the spring- The link-bars b b',connecting the standard to the cross-head E at the rear of the beam,serve to give strength and stidness to the standard and aid in itsadjustment.

By adjusting the lever F back and forth it will be seen that theinclination of the standard B and the blades which it carries is changedto cause said blades to run shallow ordeep and at any desiredinclination.

The various parts of the plow are all made of steel except the handles,which are made of wood and are bolted to the lower rear end of the beam.

I claim- 1. A plow comprising a beam extended downwardly and thenhorizontally at its rear end, a pair of handles secured to this lowerrear end of the beam, a notched brace connecting the handles and upperportion of the beam and a standard fulcrumed to the beam and having anadjusting-lever extension provided with a lockingbolt engaging thenotched brace.

2. A plow comprising a beam extended downwardly and then horizontally atits rear end, a pair of handles secured to this lower rear end of thebeam, a notched brace Lmade of two parallel members connecting thehandles and the upper portion of the beam, a standard made 1n twoparallel sections fulcrumed to the beam and having a lever extensionprojecting up between the two members of the brace with means forlocking said lever to its adjustment.

3. A plow comprising a beam extended downwardly and then horizontally atits rear end, a pair of handles secured to this lower rear end of thebeam, a brace connecting the handles and upper portion of the beam, astandard fulcrumed to the beam and having an upward lever extension withmeans for xing its adjustment, a rocking cross-head on the rear end ofthe beam and two linkbars connecting the opposite ends of thiscross-head to the standard above and below its fulcrum.

THOMAS B. HANSFORD.

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